Bible Study: James 4
Let’s turn now to James, chapter four. Now the fourth chapter really begins in chapter three. In reality, you know, that’s it’s just a continuation. When James wrote this, he didn’t write, chapter three, verse one, verse two. But he just wrote a letter. It was divided later by men into chapters and into verses to help you to reference the thoughts, the verses. So they are just there for our help, in referencing. But James in chapter three was talking about strife and envying. And he told us that if we have bitter envying and strife in our hearts, glory not and lie not against the truth. For this kind of wisdom doesn’t come from above, it’s earthly. It’s sensual, it’s devilish. For where there is envying and strife, there’s confusion. There’s confusion and every evil work. For the wisdom that is from above, is first of all, pure. And then it’s peaceable. It’s gentle. It’s easy to be entreated. It’s full of mercy and good fruit. It’s without partiality and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace to them that make peace.
